Research Analyst H-1B wages

Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Financial and Investment Analysts (SOC 13-2051).

Employers filed 257 wage applications for Research Analyst jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 98 employers. The median offered wage was $109,960, 15.1% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Zifo Technologies Inc. filed the most (49, median $94,554).

Filings: 257
Positions covered: 282
Employers: 98
Median offered: $109,960
Median prevailing wage: $94,141
Filings since FY2020: 1,633
Median offer change since FY2020: +48%

Research Analyst, all employers257 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$109,960Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$80,774 to $175,000Where the middle half of the filings fall

$94,141Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Research Analyst jobs rose 48%, from $79,000 in fiscal 2020 to $117,163 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 13.9% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 293 filings.

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year

Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.

Research Analyst by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	204	$117,163	+17.2%	$95,846	+13.9%
2025	293	$100,000	+6.4%	$84,989	+12.8%
2024	266	$93,960	−0.2%	$84,386	+12.5%
2023	201	$94,139	+3.0%	$83,138	+14.2%
2022	231	$91,385	+3.3%	$84,209	+4.2%
2021	194	$88,500	+12.0%	$78,915	+7.1%
2020	244	$79,000	n/a	$70,908	+4.2%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Zifo Technologies Inc.	49	$94,554	+13.8%
Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC	40	$225,000	+41.1%
Point72 Asset Management, L.P.	24	$195,000	+22.8%
MPG Operations LLC	18	$118,248	at the minimum
The University of Chicago	9	$62,000	+22.3%
Aurora Energy Research LLC	6	$89,050	+71.4%
Emft LLC	4	$96,367	+0.4%
The Brattle Group	3	$97,908	+14.8%
NVIDIA Corporation	2	$128,000	+1.8%
Coherent Economics, LLC	2	$96,500	+8.1%
The Urban Institute	2	$57,058	at the minimum
Indus Capital Partners LLC	2	$124,000	+14.3%
Invesco Group Services, Inc.	2	$147,500	+30.8%
Apex Medical Research, AMR, Inc.	2	$69,035	+2.1%
The University of Kansas	2	$57,500	+1.3%
Tinno USA Inc	2	$68,235	at the minimum
University of Kentucky	2	$53,759	+10.7%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.	2	$237,500	+87.1%
NX1 Capital LP	1	$250,000	+39.6%
Denali Advisors, LLC	1	$70,741	at the minimum
IHS Global Inc.	1	$98,000	+18.0%
Highway Loss Data Institute	1	$104,027	+54.1%
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis	1	$48,204	+25.0%
First Eagle Investment Management, LLC	1	$160,000	+7.6%
Arizona State University	1	$60,800	+18.1%

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 98. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Research Analyst jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
New York, NY	96	$180,000	+20.3%
Chicago, IL	19	$79,170	+19.9%
Austin, TX	10	$86,800	+19.5%
Cambridge, MA	10	$97,854	+15.1%
Cary, NC	9	$96,606	+12.5%
Boston, MA	6	$81,000	+5.9%
North Chicago, IL	5	$80,000	+10.2%
San Francisco, CA	5	$124,000	+28.2%
Santa Clara, CA	5	$118,116	+4.6%
Indianapolis, IN	4	$74,067	+23.3%
Stamford, CT	4	$150,000	+20.8%
Washington, DC	4	$63,099	+11.5%
Baltimore, MD	3	$100,000	+6.2%
Miami Beach, FL	3	$170,000	+49.4%
San Diego, CA	3	$79,500	+1.2%
Brooklyn, NY	2	$90,779	+2.7%
Denton, TX	2	$69,035	+2.1%
Houston, TX	2	$91,700	+22.8%
Irving, TX	2	$63,003	at the minimum
La Jolla, CA	2	$155,000	+24.9%
Lawrence, KS	2	$57,500	+1.3%
Lexington, KY	2	$53,759	+10.7%
Miami, FL	2	$150,000	+8.3%
Research Triangle Park, NC	2	$105,960	+20.2%
Thousand Oaks, CA	2	$300,000	+153.3%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry31%

Level II, qualified27%

Level III, experienced25%

Level IV, fully competent17%

The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.

What these numbers are

They are wages employers attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
5 filings are for part-time work. Hourly wages are shown as full-time equivalents (2,080 hours a year).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.